课件16张PPT。Listening text on page 7GAO YAN： What do you want to do tomorrow?
JOHN: What about visiting some art galleries?
GAO YAN: That’s a good idea, John.
SUSAN: But it says in the guide book that there are more than sixty galleries in Manhattan.
JOHN: Well, let’s choose just a few.
SUSAN: Even a few galleries would take more than one day.
JOHN: OK. Let’s spend two days visiting galleries.
GAO YAN: OK, fine.SUSAN: Mmm. Alright.
JOHN: So, Gao Yan, which galleries would you prefer?
GAO YAN: I’d like to go to the Metropolitan Museum. It’s got art from all over the world. There’s even a section on Chinese art. I’d like to see that.
SUSAN: It’s a very big museum. I’d prefer something smaller to start with.
JOHN: Well. What do you suggest?
SUSAN: Well, the Frick Collection is quite small, and it has a beautiful garden. Perhaps we could go to the Metropolitan Museum after that .
GAO YAN: And we could go to the Museum of Modern Art the next day.
SUSAN: Oh, no. It’s too big and crowded. And it’s expensive.
JOHN: If you want to see contemporary art, the Whitney might be better, anyway.
SUSAN: Modern art! Do we have to? I’m not very fond of that stuff. A monkey could have painted better pictures than some of those paintings.
JOHN: Susan, you don’t want to visit art galleries, do you? Perhaps you’d rather do something else?
SUSAN: No, no. I’d like to see some art, just not too much and not too modern.GAO YAN: Look, what about this? Tomorrow we could go to the Frick in the morning and the Metropolitan in the afternoon. The Metropolitan stays open until 8:45 on Friday evenings. If you’ve had enough by dinner time, Susan, you could go back to the hotel and I could stay at the museum.
SUSAN: Yeah, that’s a good plan.
JOHN: Mmm, but I’d also like to go to the Guggenheim.
GAO YAN: That’s OK. We could do that on Saturday. We could have a quick look in the Whitney first and then go on to the Guggenheim. They’re quite close together. The Guggenheim stays open till late on Saturdays so we’d have plenty of time.
JOHN: That’s an excellent plan.
SUSAN: Yeah, OK. I agree.Answers:
1 Metropolitan Museum of Art
2 The Frick Collection
3 Museum of Modern
4 Whitney Museum of American Art
5 Guggenheim Museum
1 John 2. Susan.
3. He wants to see the exhibition of Chinese art.
4. Small galleries.
5. It is big, crowded and too expensive.
6. Modern art.
7. The Frick collection and the Metropolitan Museum on Friday and the Whitney and the Guggenheim on Saturday.Listening text on page 41
STEVE: Where’s Xiao Wei? She ought to be here by now.
WANG: There she is, just coming in the door?
XIAO: Hi, Steve, Wang Pei. Sorry I’m late.
WANG: Never mind, you’re here now. Look, we’ve picked out these four things. So now we just have to choose between them.
STEVE: I like the vase best of all. Do you think he’d like that?
XIAO: Yes, I’m sure he would, Steve. It’s beautiful. But look at the price! It’s too expensive. If we had more Money it would be the perfect gift.
WANG: Yeah, I suppose so. Well, what about the paints and brushes?
XIAO: Don’t you think he’d prefer to choose his own paints and brushes?
WANG: You’re probably right. So that leaves just the wall hanging and the art book.
STEVE: We should’ve talked to his wife before we came shopping. If we had, we would have a better idea about what he likes.
XIAO: Well, we didn’t, so we’ll just have to do the best we can.WANG: I think I’d rather get him the book. Everyone likes books.
XIAO: Yes, but what if he’s already got it? He’s probably got lots of art books.
WANG: If he’s already got this one, he can change it for another one. What do you think Steve?
STEVE: This is too hard. I wish we knew more about Mr Hang. He might hate what we get him.
XIAO: No, he wouldn’t. He’d like anything his students give him.
WANG: Do you remember those wall hangings he talked about in class? He said he loved that kind of art. I think if he were there, he’d choose the wall hanging.
XIAO: OK, so what’s it to be? Which would he prefer- the wall hanging or the book?
Answers keys:
1 vase 2 paints and brushes
3 book 4 wall hangingSteve Lee = 4 times Wang Pei = 7 times
Xiao Wei = 7 times1 Xiao Wei.
2 It was too expensive.
3 Mrs Hang would probably have known what to get Mr Hang.
4 At first he liked the book but later he thought the wall hanging would be best.
5 I think they will probably get the wall hanging because the others seem to respect Wang Pei’s opinion. Also, they know Mr Hang likes that type of wall hanging.Listening text on page 44Good morning, class. Today I’d like to show you some of my favourite paintings and pottery by Chinese artists.
You may not know that Chinese artists have been creating art for over 7,000 years. In this picture you can see a piece of painted pottery that was made between 5,000 and 3,000 BC.
when Buddhism came to China in the first century AD, architecture, sculpture and painting began to have a religious theme. This cave painting is from the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas near Dunhuang, Gansu. As you can see, artists at this time had developed a very organized system of drawing, which focused on the use of brush strokes. By the time of the Tang Dynasty, from about 960 to 1279AD, the traditional style of painting we recognize today was well developed. Humans, animals and scenes of palace life were popular for painting at this time, as you can see in this picture painted about 650 AD by Yan Liben.
During the Yuan Dynasty, human figures and pictures of still life became popular. This painting by Zhao Mengfu is typical of that period. As you can see, these artists did not try to paint nature realistically. Instead, they changed the real scenery to stress one part of the scenery. They did this to show their feelings, thoughts and hopes in their paintings. Even today, Chinese artists continue the traditions of old Chinese artists. However, many artists also experiment with Western techniques and styles in their work. You can see the western influence in these two modern paintings. This one was painted by Lin Fengmian in 1974, while this abstract painting by Zhong Ling was done in the 1980s.
I’m afraid that’s all I have time to talk about today. But if you’re interested, I can give you more information after class and show you many examples of Chinese art from ancient to modern times. Thank you for listening to my talk.Answer key for Exercise 2:
3 5 2 6 1 4Answer key for Exercise 3:
1 5000 – 3000 BC 2 First century AD
3 Tang Dynasty 4 Yuan Dynasty
5 & 6 20th century
Suggested answer key for Exercise 4:
1 Painted pottery.
2 Religious theme, organized system of drawing focused on the use of brush strokes.3 The traditional style that is practised even today was well developed. Pictures of human figures, animals and everyday life were popular during the Tang Dynasty.
4 Pictures of human figures and still life became popular. Scenery did not look realistic with a particular part of the scenery enlarged / focused on.
5 & 6 Painters have become influenced by Western art, both abstract and realistic art painted.
